Samuel Johnson, BiographerCornell University Press, 1978 - 237 Seiten |
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... wish rather to diminish the reputation of their success , than the infamy of their miscarriages : for I cannot con- ceive why he that has burnt cities , and wasted nations , and filled the world with horror and desolation , should be ...
... wish rather to diminish the reputation of their success , than the infamy of their miscarriages : for I cannot con- ceive why he that has burnt cities , and wasted nations , and filled the world with horror and desolation , should be ...
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... wish that Milton had been a rhymer , " despite his opinion of blank verse , Johnson adds , " yet , like other heroes ... Wishes is modeled . The excellence of which I have been speaking , however so- cially useful , is not equivalent to ...
... wish that Milton had been a rhymer , " despite his opinion of blank verse , Johnson adds , " yet , like other heroes ... Wishes is modeled . The excellence of which I have been speaking , however so- cially useful , is not equivalent to ...
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... wishes to evade the truth . Similarly , in his “ Life of Fielding ” ( 1763 ) , Ar- thur Murphy's long - winded declaration of intentions lets the reader know that he will not “ disturb the Manes of the dead " ; nor will he give a ...
... wishes to evade the truth . Similarly , in his “ Life of Fielding ” ( 1763 ) , Ar- thur Murphy's long - winded declaration of intentions lets the reader know that he will not “ disturb the Manes of the dead " ; nor will he give a ...
Inhalt
Preface 95 | 15 |
Conclusion | 214 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Urheberrecht | |
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